CVE-2017-7916
No exploitation reported by the sources we read.
- Published2017-08-07
- WeaknessCWE-264 · CWE-269
Am I affected?
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Description
A Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls issue was discovered in ABB VSN300 WiFi Logger Card versions 1.8.15 and prior, and VSN300 WiFi Logger Card for React versions 2.1.3 and prior. The web application does not properly restrict privileges of the Guest account. A malicious user may be able to gain access to configuration information that should be restricted.
Timeline
dates in UTC- 2017-08-0708:29CVE publishedNVD
Observed activity
isMalicious corpus · updated 2026-10-23 18:48 UTCBlock these indicators
- Firewall list (EDL, text): https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-7916?format=txt
- CSV export: https://api.ismalicious.com/edl/cve/CVE-2017-7916?format=csv
- TAXII collection of exploited CVEs
- The EDL and CSV take an API key on the Pro plan.
Versions per branch
NVD| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.8 | ≤ 1.8.15 | no fix published | NVD |
| Branch | Affected | Fixed in | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2.1 | = 2.1.3 | no fix published | NVD |
as publishedRanges as NVD and OSV publish them; a distribution’s build can be fixed under an older number.
Distribution builds and vendor advisories
Packages from OSV.dev and products from the vendors' CSAF advisories.
version not verifiedVersions not verified: read as OSV.dev and the vendors publish them, not checked against each vendor's release list.
Vendor advisories
ABB VSN300 WiFi Logger Card
VSN300 WiFi Logger Card: versions 1.8.15 and prior · VSN300 WiFi Logger Card for React: versions 2.1.3 and prior
Fix
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-192-03 · 2 productsABB recommends that users update firmware to version 1.9.0 or newer for WiFi Logger Card, and version 2.2.5 or newer for WiFi Logger Card for React. This can be done via remote firmware updating with Aurora Vision or via integrated web user interface by downloading the firmware from the ABB server.
- Mitigation from the vendor CISA ICSA-17-192-03 · 2 productsUsers can find more information from ABB's security advisory
Advisories and patches
- search.abb.comVendor Advisory
Detection
- Nuclei template
- none so far ProjectDiscovery
- Exploit-DB
- no entry Exploit-DB
- Proof-of-concept repositories
- none listed PoC-in-GitHub
Sources
- NVDCVSS 3.06.5read 2026-10-23
- NVDCVSS 2.04read 2026-10-23
- CNAweakness (CWE)CWE-264read 2026-10-23
- NVDweakness (CWE)CWE-269read 2026-10-23
- FIRST EPSSEPSS score1.5 %2026-10-22
Technical details
- CVSS v3 Vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- Published
- 2017-08-07
- Last Modified
- 2026-06-17
- NVD status
- Modified
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